Epc World Magazine - October 2019

In this issue

The November 2019 edition presents government’s initiatives for rural roads which are smoothly transiting rural livelihoods and alleviating poverty among rural remote communities. In the last few years, we are also witnessing a shift in government’s initiatives for waste and water management. Unlike roads and highways, renewable energy, power and T&D, urban development and real estate; waste and water management remained a poor cousin when it came to funding waste and water projects. Drought in some places and flood in the rest has made the government to sit up and take notice of the catastrophe which will befall if water is not managed wisely and properly. On the waste management front spreading awareness and initiatives are not suffices. Policies have to be tweaked to bring in more investments for waste and water management. This edition also features interesting articles on latest technologies, latest happenings, interviews, etc.

Restoring Rural Roads

Linking villages to nearby mandis for boosting the economy, rural roads in the country have been getting the much-needed impetus by the government to enable a growth in their length and connect to the inseams of the country, explores EPC World

6 mins

Still Time To Manage Water?

The world is witnessing tit-for-tat wars at regular intervals for the control of oil fields of oil rich nations of West Asia which has shoot up oil prices in the rest of the world. Looking at the current water crisis world over, the day is not far when this scene will be enacted for control of water. Before it is too late, a better water management such as reclaiming water from sewage and industrial wastewater and conserving rainwater holds the key to tackling water scarcity.

9 mins

Growing with Infra developments

Depleting water resources, increasing sewage treatment plants, escalating urbanization and industrialization and Government’s increasing spend on infrastructure, agriculture and irrigation are driving the pumps industry upwards. And this momentum is likely to continue in the coming years

9 mins

Still More to do... To House its Citizens

The increasing urban population is leading to increase in housing shortage. The government has embarked on a mission to provide housing for all by 2022. Though a noble initiative, the mission lags momentum on account of scarcity of land, funding, long approval process, delay in land acquisition, disparity in home loans and other shortcomings. The government is making earnest efforts… Read to know how Affordable Housing is shaping up.

10 mins

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Epc world magazine provides latest news on construction, infrastructure, aviation, ports, oil and gas, roads railways and bridges etc. EPC World interacts with top and middle management professionals associated with the industry in the form of interviews, debates, discussions from India and across the Asia Pacific region and thus acts as a medium in finding solutions to all your needs.